The 23-year-old Nordic combined Maria Gerboth has to do without the Winter Olympics in Italy due to injury. She suffered a complex injury to her left knee on Sunday at the Summer Grand Prix in Chaux-Neuve, French and tore the front cruciate ligament. The German Ski Association said that she had been operated on in Munich a day later.
Gerboth, who was tenth in the overall World Cup last season, the second best German combined German combined behind Nathalie Armbruster will be canceled for the entire next winter. “When Maria can get back into training therapy and sports-specific training, depends on the healing and rehabilitation course,” said team doctor Lukas Pecher. “Our long-term comeback plan includes a period of twelve months.”
